The London physician and neuroanatomist Thomas Willis in the 17th century correctly
attributed the source of emotions to the brain, not the heart as believed in antiquity …

Based on concepts proposed by Langley, Cannon, and Selye, adrenal responses to stress
occur in a syndrome that reflects activation of the sympathoadrenal system and …

This essay describes the evolution of stress as a medical scientific idea. Claude Bernard,
Walter B. Cannon and Hans Selye provided key founding concepts for the current view …

This essay continues discussion of a new formulation of homeostasis that uses the concepts
of allostasis and homeostats. The new formulation moves beyond Cannon's concept of" …

A high incidence of acute cardiovascular events and sudden cardiac death following
unexpected acute emotional stress or a natural catastrophic disaster has been well …

Sympathetic nervous system responses typically are regionally differentiated, with activation
in one outflow sometimes accompanying no change or sympathetic inhibition in another …

The term dysautonomia refers to a change in autonomic nervous system function that
adversely affects health. The changes range from transient, occasional episodes of neurally …

When I received this heavy brick for review (with electronic version downloaded from the
Publisher's website for offline use on either PC/Mac, iPhone/iPad, Android device or Kindle …

A literature search, in addition to expert survey, was performed to estimate the size and
burden of panic disorder in the European Union (EU). Epidemiologic data from EU countries …

Regional sympathetic activity can be studied in humans using electrophysiological methods
measuring sympathetic nerve firing rates and neurochemical techniques providing …